vetva

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větvь. Cognates include Bulgarian ветва (vetva), Russian ветвь (vetvʹ), Old Polish wiećw. Non-Slavic cognates include Latin vītis (“vine”), German Weide (“willow”), Old Prussian witwan (willow), Persian بید (bid, “willow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvetva]

Noun

vetva f (genitive singular vetvy, nominative plural vetvy, genitive plural vetiev, declension pattern of žena)

  1. branch
    Synonym: konár

Declension
Declension of vetva
singular plural
nominative vetva vetvy
genitive vetvy vetiev
dative vetve vetvám
accusative vetvu vetvy
locative vetve vetvách
instrumental vetvou vetvami

Derived terms
  • vetvový
  • vetvička

Further reading
  • “vetva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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